Purpose

Duration of Program

Policy Reference

Eligibility

Allocation of Funds

In determining each school's entitlement, the following principles apply:

Eligible schools to not have a swimming pool on site

All Special School enrolments are eligible to be included in the calculation

2/7 of other primary school enrolments in Years 1-6 are deemed to be non-swimmers and included in the calculation.

Travel assistance

Travel assistance is paid where the nearest available swimming pool is more than 1.0 km from the school. The amount of assistance is based on an assumed 10 return trips per year at defined kilometric rates and provides for bus driver waiting time, where:

Kilometric rate 1 applies if funded enrolment <25

Kilometric rate 2 applies if funded enrolment >= 25

Number of buses equals funded enrolment divided by 50 rounded up to the nearest whole number

Total bus waiting time equals number of buses multiplied by waiting time rate.

Admission assistance

Admission assistance is set at a pool admission rate per student per visit based on the assumption that there are 10 visits per year.